"Religious liberty is the chief cornerstoneof the American system of government, andprovisions for its security are embeddedin the written charter and interwovenin the moral fabric of its laws.Anything that tends to invade a right soessential and sacred must be carefully guarded against,and I am satisfied that my countrymen,ever mindful of the suffering andsacrifices necessary to obtain it,will never consent to its impairmentfor any reason or under any pretext whatsoever."

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Thomas F. Bayard(1828-1898) U.S. Senator from Delaware, U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom